Card supporting clip



Dec. 29, 1931.

M. D. POLLINGER CARD SUPPORTING CLIP Filed Dec; 22, 1950 ffj //v1//v 7018 M. D. POL 1. NYC-5E2.

Patented Dec. 29, 1931 'UNITED'SFT'ATES MORRIS D. POLLINGER, OF FERGTJ'SON, MISSOURI CARD surronrr vs on? Application filed. December 22, 1930. Serial No.'503,897.

This invention relates generally to sup porting clips and more specifically to clips of the type adapted for use in displaying advertising and price cards, the predominant Lobject of the invention being to provide an mproved clip of this type which is of such 1mproved construction that the card displayed thereby may be positively locked in various positions to which it has been adjusted.

1O Prior to this invention clips of the general type of that disclosed herein have been produced, these clips including a spring grlpplng element adapted to engage an article such as a piece of merchandise on a display shelf, and

an element adjustably supported by said spring gripping element for receiving an advertising or price card. Heretofore, how'- ever, in the use of such clips reliance was placed on friction or certain inadequate cut 'ducing the clip. V

Figure 1 is a view of a fragment of a shoe showing one of my improved clips associated therewith. Figure 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the "improved clip illustrated in Figure l.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the clip illustrated in Figures 1 and 2;

In the drawings, wherein is shownfor the purpose of illustration, merely, one embodiment of the invention, A designates my imteeth for retaining the adjustable card sup any substantial increase in the cost of pro-,

proved clip generally, said clip including a gripping portion B which is adapted to engageand grip an article suchas a shelf. or a piece of merchandise such as the shoe S in Figure ,1,'and thus providefor the support of l the clip. The improved clip includes also an advertising or price card receiving portion 0 which isassociated withwthe. gripping portion B referred to. y The gripping portion B ofthe clip A preferably comprises a struc turewhich includes an lntermediate portion l'from which a pair of legs 2 and3 extend in an I outward direction' The-intermediate portion 1 and the legs 2 and 3 are formed of a single piece of material which is possessed of sufil 6';

cient resiliency or spring sov as to provide the outer endrportion of the leg 3 with a tendency to move toward the leg 2, and preferably the leg 3 is inclined as illustrated inFiguresl and 2 and is provided with a curved outer end portion 4 which facilitates engagement of the clipwith the article by which it is to be supported. Preferably, though not necessarily,

vthe strip of material providing the intermediate portionil and the legs QandB-ispro-yg-I vided' with slotr5 extended longitudinally of said strip of material which increases the resiliency ofsaid strip, 1 j s Extended outwardly fromthe intermediate portion 1 of thegripping portion B is a pair .75

of spacedears 6,: said ears preferably being formed integral with said intermediate p or-s tion land beingprovided with, alined apers turesi', Each of the ears 6 isprovided with a plurality of depressions S- stamped or' pressedin said ear ,thatisto say, by suitable dieoperations the material forming the ears is oifsetfrom its normalfposition to provide the .depressionsreferred to. The depressions 8 are extended radially with respect to the apertures 7 of the ears, and saidrdepressions extend. from the outer edges oflthe apertures to ,theouter edges of the ears. Also the dc pressionsgare spaced son an arc ofa circle about the apertures 7, the area of each ear occupied by the spaced depressions constituting substantially 180 degrees of a circle.

The advertising or price card receiving portion C of the improved clip comprises a flat piece of material 9 having integrally formed, outwardly extended extensions 10 at one end thereof. The extensions 10 are extended into the apertures 7 formed in the ears 6 whereby said flat piece of material 9 is pivotally supported by said ears. 11 designates card gripping portions which constitute stamped out and shaped portions of the piece of material 9. The card gripping portions are so arranged with respect to the piece of material 9 and so shaped that a card 12 may be introduced between the free end portions of the gripping portions and the piece of material 9 in a manner to cause said card to be gripped by said elements.

The depressions 8 formed in the ears 6 are so arranged that the opposite edge portions of the piece of material 9 will enter said depressions to lock said piece of material in various positions to which it has been adjusted, the resiliency or spring possessed by the material of which the ears 6 are formed tending to move said ears toward each other so that such location of the edge portions of the piece of material in the depressions will be assured. It will be noted that each ear is provided with five depressions and said depressions are so located that the card 12 may be disposed in a position substantially perpendicular to the intermediate portion 1 of the element B, in two positions approximately parallel with said interme diate portion, and intwo positions where the card is extended at an angle of approximately 45 degrees with respect to said inter- .mediate portion.

These various positions are clearly shown by dotted line in Figure 2, and it is plain from an inspection of this view that the card. 12 may be positively locked in positions which will permit a clear view thereof under practically any normal circumstances of use.

I claim:

1. A clip comprising a support gripping portion including a pair of spaced ears having. alined apertures at their approximate centers, and a card receiving element pivotally supported by said ears, the material of which said ears are formed being provided with radially arranged pressed in depressions providing teeth adapted to engage portions of said card receiving element whereby same is locked in various positions to which it has been adjusted, and said depressions being extended from the edges of said apertures to the outer-edges of the ears.

2. A clip comprising a support gripping portion including a pair ofspaced ears having alined apertures .at their approximate centers, and a card receiving element pivotally supported by said ears, the material In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

MORRIS D. POLLINGEB. 

